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Lexile Tools:

  • Lexile level to grade chart: lexile.com

  • Level finder : For a grade/student or find a book:http://www.lexile.com/fab/

  • Find a book's lexile or age range: same site as above just use 'Quick Search' in upper left corner.

  • Lexile Analyzer: Type in the text from a book and find its lexile. You need to register to use the site:

  • http://www.lexile.com/analyzer/


Inferencing resources:



Folktales, Legends & Mythology:

American:

1. Engaging audio & text versions of folktales & legends from the American South : The Moonlit Road

2. Various interesting resources for the legend of 'John Henry' -pics, monuments, songs, interviews, & much more : NPR


Around the World:

1. Mayan Folktales : FolkArt

2. Compare different versions of Cinderella from around the word: Rochester.edu



Literature Resources:

  • Googlelittrips.JPG- Googlelittrips - events in a novel are mapped out on Google Earth trips

  • Create your own lit. trips - " allows teachers and students to synthesize information in one easy-to-use map that places text, pictures, audio files, video files, and much more in one central location. " :http://www.googletreks.org/

  • Great Resource - Encouraging active reading by technology connections to lit. : Literature Learning Ladders


Drama:


  • worldbook drama.JPGOur very own World Book Database has a Dramatic Learning section with great resource with: plays, lesson plans, various teaching tools, rubrics, play starters, posters for plays, monologues, & more (once logged in go to World Book Classroom)



Poetry:

poetry stations logo.JPGEight stations created by several NISD librarian to engage students & review poetry devices & TEKS. -See Mr. T. for details.

  • Learning Lab - with questions and activities for specific poems and a various audiovisual poems: thePoetryFoundation

  • View poems as they roll across screen of large smartphone (1,000s of poems to choose from) : poetryflow